Overview
- Following the Supreme Court’s suspension of lower-court orders, the USDA told states that full November SNAP payments made last week were not authorized and must be reversed.
- States cautioned of potential "catastrophic" operational disruptions if federal reimbursements do not arrive, with Wisconsin saying deposits reached about 700,000 residents and that funds could be exhausted by Monday.
- Governor Tony Evers rejected the reversal directive, arguing Wisconsin acted under an active court order as the Treasury froze reimbursements for the initial payout round.
- With the shutdown delaying SNAP, New Jersey scheduled mobile food bank distributions in November across southern counties and directed residents to the 211 hotline listing more than 500 local food assistance programs.
- Private relief efforts expanded in New York as entrepreneur Jeff Knauss’s GoFundMe surpassed $200,000, selecting roughly 1,000 families for Wegmans gift cards via in-person pickup in Syracuse and Rochester and sending remaining funds to Food Bank of Central New York and Foodlink.